Damn - thought we were done with this - but more news coming in - apparently Robin Williams was in the early stages of Parkinson's disease as well.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/showbiz/r ... s-disease/
Considering how PHYSICAL most of Robin's work AND hobbies were - the comedy, the acting, video-games and other more athletic pastimes...
It'd be tough for a person NOT in depression to handle the degradation of their ability to both express themselves and enjoy their lives. But both of those things in combination?
I still wish he'd been able to ask for help. Others - like Michael J. Fox - would be able to relate and help with the Parkinson's aspect.
But that's the problem - from everything I've been reading - both here and elsewhere in regards to depression and the personal foibles and sometimes dark places in the soul that make comedians what they are - especially Robin's own frenetic version - that may have been the one thing he was least capable of doing at the time he needed it most.
I could definitely see him looking at the future - seeing what happened with others - thinking about himself and the things that made his own life bearable - and seeing them being taken away. And then coming to the conclusion that "checking out early" was the only thing that made sense to him.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/showbiz/r ... s-disease/
Considering how PHYSICAL most of Robin's work AND hobbies were - the comedy, the acting, video-games and other more athletic pastimes...
It'd be tough for a person NOT in depression to handle the degradation of their ability to both express themselves and enjoy their lives. But both of those things in combination?
I still wish he'd been able to ask for help. Others - like Michael J. Fox - would be able to relate and help with the Parkinson's aspect.
But that's the problem - from everything I've been reading - both here and elsewhere in regards to depression and the personal foibles and sometimes dark places in the soul that make comedians what they are - especially Robin's own frenetic version - that may have been the one thing he was least capable of doing at the time he needed it most.
I could definitely see him looking at the future - seeing what happened with others - thinking about himself and the things that made his own life bearable - and seeing them being taken away. And then coming to the conclusion that "checking out early" was the only thing that made sense to him.